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In the shadow of the sword : the birth of Islam and the rise of the global Arab empire / Tom Holland
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TextPublication details: New York : Anchor Books, 2013Edition: 1st Anchor Books edDescription: x, 526 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cmISBN: - 9780307473653 (pbk.)
- 0307473651 (pbk.)
- Birth of Islam and the rise of the global Arab empire
- ARCH FRBC 956.01 H734I
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Summary: In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelled, in effect, the end of the ancient world. In The Shadow of the Sword, Tom Holland explores how this came about. Spanning Constantinople to the Arabian desert, and starring some of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived, he tells a story vivid with drama, horror and startling achievement
Introduction. Known unknowns -- Jahiliyya. Iranshahr -- New Rome ; The children of Abraham ; Countdown to apocalypse -- Hijra. More questions than answers ; The forging of Islam -- Envoi : plus ̨ca change? -- Timeline -- Dramatis personae
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Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2012
Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-507) and index
Introduction. Known unknowns -- Jahiliyya. Iranshahr -- New Rome ; The children of Abraham ; Countdown to apocalypse -- Hijra. More questions than answers ; The forging of Islam -- Envoi : plus ̨ca change? -- Timeline -- Dramatis personae
In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelled, in effect, the end of the ancient world. In The Shadow of the Sword, Tom Holland explores how this came about. Spanning Constantinople to the Arabian desert, and starring some of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived, he tells a story vivid with drama, horror and startling achievement
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